. >> reporter: henry j. finger spear headed the first anti marijuana law. >> it was his idea that california's anti narcotics law should be as simple as possible. >> reporter: lawmakers were concerned about immigrants from india that were known to smoke marijuana. the fear is now that they are initiating our whites into this habit. the fear heightened more as the revolution sent many immigrants to the united states. in fact, many of the early anti drug laws that states and cities task seemed tied to the fear of foreigners. for example, san francisco enacted the first anti narcotics law in the united states in 1875. outlawing opium bins. >> it was directed very specific at the chinese. >> reporter: authorities made a display of destroying opium pipes in front of san francisco city hall. as people across america pushed for prohibitions of all kinds. many of america's first anti marijuana laws came in states where mexican citizens had migrated in search of war. california, texas, colorado and montana. others ca

j. -- >> but that all changed in 1930. >> henry anslinger, for him public enemy number one. you guessed it. marijuana. >> this guy, saw how he could increase the budget of his department by having this mission going after marijuana. >> saying there's this drug that the mexican migrant works are smoking and it is loco weed and it is crazy and it will make them rape your women. >> he got the message out through news reports. and then came this -- >> curing the insane. >> refer madness, portraying it as unproductive, crazed. >> people are still afraid of what pot can do to them. >> in many ways, defining our attitudes for 70 years. >> yeah. >> marijuana became illegal in 1937. by 1970, it was a schedule one controlled substances. the government wag was saying, it nod medicinal value and had high potential for abuse. all the reason the figis stayed away from marijuana, until this. and this may be hard for you to watch. >> okay, baby. >> this is their daughter, charlotte. having a seizure. >> we just thought it was one random seizure. >> nothing to do, no medications, a fluke. >>

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